Microbiology & Immunology at University of Pittsburgh

Leads a grant in this department

38 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

1. Vignali, Dario Aa

   Leads 2 awards · $3,218,047

   • 5P01AI108545-09Department: NIH department code

     Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer & antiviral immunity
     $2,311,666

     award amount
   • 5R35CA263850-03Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory T cells and the tumor microenvironment
     $906,381

     award amount

2. Gao, Shou-Jiang

   Leads 5 awards · $2,497,339

   • 1R01CA284554-01Department: NIH department code

     Impact of microbiota on AIDS-Kaposi’s sarcoma development and therapy
     $793,089

     award amount
   • 2R01CA096512-16Department: NIH department code

     Cell model for KSHV infection and genetic manipulation
     $584,851

     award amount
   • 1R01CA278812-01Department: NIH department code

     Citrulline-urea cycle in KSHV cellular transformation
     $540,484

     award amount
   • 5R01CA124332-15Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of KSHV replication by N6-methyladenosine (m6A)
     $339,863

     award amount
   • 3R01CA124332-15S1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of KSHV replication by N6-methyladenosine (m6A)
     $239,052

     award amount

3. Ndhlovu, Lishomwa C

   Leads 2 awards · $2,026,869

   • 5R01AI142662-05Department: NIH department code

     Effects of HIV SIV on unconventional T cells in immunity to M. tuberculosis in pre adolescents
     $1,200,666

     award amount
   • 1R01AI179324-01Department: NIH department code

     Defining the Immunogenicity and Efficacy of a Durable BCG Vaccine Strategy Optimized for Preventing TB in Pediatric HIV Infection
     $826,203

     award amount

4. Delgoffe, Greg M.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,857,372

   • 5R01AI166598-02Department: NIH department code

     Uncovering the metabolic underpinnings of T cell exhaustion
     $640,384

     award amount
   • 1R01CA277473-01Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting the role of hypoxia in T cell differentiation in cancer
     $614,462

     award amount
   • 5R01AI171483-02Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic control of regulatory T cell functional identity
     $602,526

     award amount

5. Shlomchik, Mark J

   Leads 3 awards · $1,454,890

   • 5T32AI089443-14Department: NIH department code

     Autoimmunity and Immunopathology Training Program
     $533,882

     award amount
   • 5R01AI105018-09Department: NIH department code

     Signaling and Selection in Germinal Center B Cells
     $465,427

     award amount
   • 5R37AI118841-08Department: NIH department code

     Investigating How TLR7 Activates and TLR9 Regulates Systemic Autoimmunity
     $455,581

     award amount

6. Scanga, Charles A.

   Leads 1 award · $1,129,254

   • 5R01AI155345-03Department: NIH department code

     Preventing TB with intravenous BCG in SIV-infected macaques
     $1,129,254

     award amount

7. Smithgall, Thomas E.

   Leads 3 awards · $1,108,110

   • 5R01AI152677-04Department: NIH department code

     Chemical Biology of HIV-1 Nef
     $627,513

     award amount
   • 5R01CA233576-05Department: NIH department code

     Precision Targeting of Myeloid Src-family Kinases in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
     $426,919

     award amount
   • 3R01CA233576-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Precision Targeting of Myeloid Src-family Kinases in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
     $53,678

     award amount

8. Gottschalk, Rachel A

   Leads 3 awards · $1,038,505

   • 5R01HL162658-02Department: NIH department code

     Linking steady-state cytokine signaling to alveolar macrophage function in homeostasis and lung infection
     $564,923

     award amount
   • 5R35GM146896-02Department: NIH department code

     Quantitative control of phosphorylation and mechanistic links to immune cell decisions
     $397,500

     award amount
   • 3R01HL162658-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Linking steady-state cytokine signaling to alveolar macrophage function in homeostasis and lung infection
     $76,082

     award amount

9. Das, Jishnu

   Leads 1 award · $950,000

   • 5U01HG012041-03Department: NIH department code

     Linking genome variation to transcriptional network dynamics in human B cells
     $950,000

     award amount

10. Deluca, Neal A.

    Leads 2 awards · $855,920

    • 5R01AI030612-27Department: NIH department code

      Virus-cell interactions affecting HSV gene expression
      $560,188

      award amount
    • 5T32AI049820-19Department: NIH department code

      Viral Persistence and Pathogenesis
      $295,732

      award amount

11. Ehrt, Sabine

    Leads 1 award · $786,054

    • 5R01AI143788-05Department: NIH department code

      Development of a Self Inactivating, Highly Effective TB Vaccine
      $786,054

      award amount

12. Flynn, Joanne L.

    Leads 1 award · $773,531

    • 5R01AI169707-02Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing cytotoxic lymphocytes in a TB vaccine strategy
      $773,531

      award amount

13. Mariuzza, Roy A

    Leads 1 award · $711,977

    • 5R01AI144422-05Department: NIH department code

      Structure, Function and Mechanistic Analysis of LAG3
      $711,977

      award amount

14. Rathinam, Vijay

    Leads 1 award · $686,721

    • 1R01AI176333-01Department: NIH department code

      New roles of IFN-inducible OAS proteins in innate immune defense against bacterial infections
      $686,721

      award amount

15. Gronenborn, Angela M.

    Leads 1 award · $654,896

    • 5R01NS123649-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular, Cellular and Behavioral Impact of the R203W PACS1 Syndrome Mutation
      $654,896

      award amount

16. Meisel, Marlies

    Leads 2 awards · $650,878

    • 5R01DK130897-03Department: NIH department code

      Systemic immunoregulatory consequences of bacterial translocation during health and disease
      $447,526

      award amount
    • 5R21CA259636-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri in orchestrating systemic anti-tumor immunity
      $203,352

      award amount

17. Ferris, Robert L.

    Leads 1 award · $541,414

    • 2R01CA206517-06Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of PD-1 and Tim-3 crosstalk in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
      $541,414

      award amount

18. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $518,655

    • 5T32CA082084-22Department: NIH department code

      Cancer Immunology Training Program
      $518,655

      award amount

19. Bina, James Edward

    Leads 2 awards · $517,744

    • 2R01AI132460-05A1Department: NIH department code

      Environmental adaptation by Vibrio cholerae
      $279,244

      award amount
    • 5R21AI166889-02Department: NIH department code

      Function of the Klebsiella pneumoniae RND efflux systems
      $238,500

      award amount

20. Shair, Kathy

    Leads 1 award · $478,528

    • 5R01AI168022-02Department: NIH department code

      Epstein-Barr virus molecular pathogenesis in the nasopharynx and the role of LMP1 in lytic infection
      $478,528

      award amount

21. Das, Jishnu

    Leads 1 award · $477,000

    • 5DP2AI164325-03Department: NIH department code

      Using three-dimensional protein networks to uncover immuno-modulatory molecular phenotypes in infectious disease
      $477,000

      award amount

22. Mc Clane, Bruce A

    Leads 1 award · $475,799

    • 5R01AI019844-40Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of action of C. perfringens enterotoxin
      $475,799

      award amount

23. Overacre-Delgoffe, Abigail E

    Leads 1 award · $467,159

    • 1DP2AI177967-01Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting microbiota-driven lymphangiogenesis in immune health and disease
      $467,159

      award amount

24. Hinterleitner, Reinhard

    Leads 1 award · $431,779

    • 1R01AI168478-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of gut protists in celiac disease
      $431,779

      award amount

25. Li, Renfeng

    Leads 1 award · $392,579

    • 5R01AI141410-06Department: NIH department code

      The Role of PIAS1 in EBV Biology
      $392,579

      award amount

26. Guo, Haitao

    Leads 1 award · $387,843

    • 5R01AI110762-08Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of HBV cccDNA Formation
      $387,843

      award amount

27. Diamond, Michael S

    Leads 1 award · $362,789

    • 5R01AI150214-04Department: NIH department code

      A new mechanism of antiviral activity of 2'-5' Oligoadenylate Synthetase 1
      $362,789

      award amount

28. Binder, Robert J

    Leads 1 award · $347,794

    • 5R01CA233803-04Department: NIH department code

      CD91 and cancer immunosurveillance
      $347,794

      award amount

29. Kane, Lawrence P.

    Leads 1 award · $327,269

    • 5R01GM136148-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of PI3K by PIK3IP1/TrIP
      $327,269

      award amount

30. Cooper, Vaughn

    Leads 1 award · $268,294

    • 1R25AI180989-01A1Department: NIH department code

      EvolvingSTEM: authentic classroom research curriculum to enhance inclusion and agency in modern life science
      $268,294

      award amount

31. Li, Jihong

    Leads 1 award · $205,250

    • 1R21AI178207-01Department: NIH department code

      Evaluating the role of branched chain amino acid transporters in Clostridium perfringens-induced gas gangrene in diabetic and normal mouse models
      $205,250

      award amount

32. Ambrose, Zandrea

    Leads 1 award · $195,800

    • 1R21AI175795-01Department: NIH department code

      Live-cell imaging of SARS-CoV-2 replication organelle formation and RNA synthesis
      $195,800

      award amount

33. Larson, Erica Christine

    Leads 1 award · $190,027

    • 5K01OD033539-02Department: NIH department code

      Re-educating T cell-mediated immunity in SIV by modulating metabolic pathways
      $190,027

      award amount

34. Vignali, Paolo Dario Angelo

    Leads 1 award · $55,194

    • 5F30CA247034-04Department: NIH department code

      Tumor-infiltrating terminally exhausted CD8+ T cells augment the suppressive microenvironment within solid tumor
      $55,194

      award amount

35. Kubota, Nanami

    Leads 1 award · $47,694

    • 1F31AI179118-01Department: NIH department code

      Exploiting Pf phage superinfection to lower Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence via evolutionary tradeoffs
      $47,694

      award amount

36. Murter, Benjamin

    Leads 1 award · $47,694

    • 5F31CA261039-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating The Roles of PIK3IP1/TrIP Regulation on Distinct T Cell Subsets in the Context of Cancer
      $47,694

      award amount

37. Rokes, Alecia Barbara

    Leads 1 award · $47,694

    • 1F31AI172279-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Using strain history to improve prediction of the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
      $47,694

      award amount

38. Selzer, Ari

    Leads 1 award · $31,694

    • 5F31CA265294-03Department: NIH department code

      Allosteric Modulators of Src-family Kinases for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $31,694

      award amount